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If you have not or not recently done yet, do this:
Set a filter with these criteria:
- Location = Local
- Build-in = False
- Obsolete = True
Delete those assets. This will easely clear up 100mb+ of space, but probably a lot more if you downloaded loads of updates over the months / years.
If you have not or not recently done yet, do this:
Set a filter with these criteria:
- Location = Local
- Build-in = False
- Obsolete = True
Delete those assets. This will easely clear up 100mb+ of space, but probably a lot more if you downloaded loads of updates over the months / years.
If you only have 1 drive why not get another. They're cheap enough and easy to fit. Transfer of trainz is also simple enough.
I'm assuming you have a desktop by the way.
Defrag away, it'll ask which drive and select the one you want. No data is deleted just reorganized for easier access.
...only Trainz and my Trainz content is on the second. I only have 10 gigs left on the second and would like to free up some space...
...What utilities can safely I run to achieve this?...
...How much free HD space is needed after the game is installed and up and running?..
Do you have only TS2010 on that partition ? (If you have 2004 or 2009 on it then consider removing them).
Windows disk cleanup is built in and easy to run, In Vista it's "Start Menu" > "All Programs" > "Accessories" > "System Tools" > "Disk Cleanup" > Select you drive/Partition (would be as well to do both "drives"), might free up a bit of space - running it against my desktop shows a potential gain of 8.3 GB.
Defragging should do no harm and may help performance but won't make any real difference to the disc space. I can see no reason why you should bother with chkdsk if space is your only concern.
It's always wise to leave a bit of "overhead" free space on any HDD, but if you are considering a whole new system then don't rush into buying a new HDD for the "old" system. It may be worth your while checking to see if your virtual memory (Paging File) is set to run on the same partition as the OS or not, if not then move it there, which will gain you a little more space.
I have no obsoletes other than built in ones and nothing is missing anything. Obsolete means just that, it's no longer used by anything in the Trainz version it's for or higher, any item that needs it will use the newer version, even if you have 10 old versions of it on your drive, which could be possible if you have never cleared them.
I remember a lengthy thread on this very subject. A warning about deleting obsolete content. I wish I could find it. The topic was about a basic bug / flaw in TS2009 thru TS2012. Any routes that use assets that have a newer updated version will still reference the old obsolete version in the dependency list. The newer version will still be used in the route but this creates a long list of false missing route dependencies. The lesson learned by the OP of the thread was don't delete obsolete assets.
Anyone else remember or heard of this issue?
It might, but those would have also been missing before you started this clean up.But is it not true that routes still reference the obsolete kuid's? This means my collection of routes will still show missing assets...
What about chkdsk? Is it wise to run this on the drive that Trainz is installed? Doesn't chkdsk delete data it recognizes as bad?
As I started reading this thread, I saw the filter thing, set it up, and did it. 545 assets to delete. Now that I am waiting for it to finish doing its work, I read this. Oops.
Cleared almost 2GB of space though......
I'd like to hear your results slabay. Are any of your routes that use updated (revised version) assets showing missing dependencies after you deleted your obsolete content?
I too was a bit scared to do this at first, then after a backup of all my UserData, I did the delete local, but not built-in, obsoletes. There was no issue, and I do this all the time now after updating.
The only issue I can see is if there is a new asset that has problems while the older one worked fine.
John
I've been doing most of my stuff in TS12 lately. I did this on my TS10 install. I keep getting stuck in "Please Wait....Applying Filter" in CMP, but that was happening beforehand, too. I'm pretty sure I just need to do an EDR, but I just haven't done it yet.
What about chkdsk? Is it wise to run this on the drive that Trainz is installed? Doesn't chkdsk delete data it recognizes as bad?